The Royals set a club record for doubles in one game, hitting seven while defeating the Twins, 7-1. Al Cowens contributed two doubles to the attack, while Amos Otis, Darrell Porter, Fred Patek, Hal McRae and Tom Poquette hit one apiece. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 7, Minnesota Twins 1
Game Played on Friday, June      17, 1977 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  5  2
Royals       0  1  2    2  1  1    0  0  x  -   7 12  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hisle lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .300      Zdeb lf               2   0   0   0     0   0   .326
Carew 1b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .383        Poquette ph,lf      2   1   1   0     1   0   .327
Bostock cf            3   0   1   0     1   0   .341      Brett 3b              5   1   1   1     0   0   .281
Adams rf              3   1   1   0     0   0   .328      McRae dh              4   0   2   2     0   0   .278
  Ford ph,rf          1   0   0   0     0   1   .228      Cowens rf             3   2   2   0     1   0   .312
Cubbage 3b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .286      Mayberry 1b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .217
  Kusick ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .284      Otis cf               4   0   1   1     0   0   .251
Chiles dh             2   0   0   1     0   0   .263      Patek ss              4   0   2   1     0   1   .262
  Terrell ph,dh       1   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Porter c              3   1   1   1     1   0   .277
Wynegar c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .258      White 2b              4   1   1   1     0   1   .228
Smalley ss            3   0   1   0     0   0   .217      Colborn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wilfong 2b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .281        Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Randall ph,2b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .206
Zahn p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Holly p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   5   1     2   3             Totals               35   7  12   7     3   2

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 24,436
Left on Base: Twins 6, Royals 7
DP: Twins 0, Royals 0
Errors: Hisle, Adams, White
Doubles: Cubbage (10), Cowens 2 (15), Otis (8), Porter (9), Patek (12), McRae (18), Poquette (12)
Triples: Carew (13)
Caught Stealing: McRae (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Chiles (2)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zahn L(6-5)             2.2   7   3   3   1   1   0  15   4.31
Schueler                2     3   3   2   1   0   0  10   4.86
Holly                   3.1   2   1   1   1   1   0  13   6.37
Totals                  8    12   7   6   3   2   0  38

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Colborn W(7-7)          6.1   4   1   1   1   1   0  25   3.17
Mingori                 2.2   1   0   0   1   2   0   9   2.15
Totals                  9     5   1   1   2   3   0  34

Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim Evans


TWINS 1ST: Hisle flied out to center; Carew flied out to left;
Bostock singled to center; Adams reached on an error by White
[Bostock to second]; Cubbage grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Zdeb flied out to right; Brett grounded out (first
unassisted); McRae grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

TWINS 2ND: Chiles grounded out (second to first); Wynegar
grounded out (first to pitcher); Smalley flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Cowens doubled to center; Mayberry singled to center
[Cowens to third]; Otis reached on a fielder's choice [Cowens
out at home (third to catcher), Mayberry to second]; Patek
singled to center [Mayberry to third, Otis to second]; Porter
walked [Mayberry scored, Otis to third, Patek to second]; White
was called out on strikes; Zdeb forced Patek (third unassisted);
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 1.

TWINS 3RD: Wilfong flied out to right; Hisle popped to second;
Carew grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Brett singled to left [Brett to third (error by
Hisle)]; McRae singled to right [Brett scored]; McRae was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Cowens doubled to left;
Mayberry popped to shortstop; Otis doubled to left [Cowens
scored]; SCHUELER REPLACED ZAHN (PITCHING); Patek flied out to
right; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 3.

TWINS 4TH: Bostock flied out to center; Adams grounded out
(first unassisted); Cubbage grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 3.

ROYALS 4TH: Porter doubled to center; White singled to right
[Porter scored, White to third (error by Adams)]; POQUETTE
BATTED FOR ZDEB; Poquette grounded out (shortstop to first);
Brett grounded out (first to second) [White scored (unearned)];
McRae popped to second; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Royals 5.

TWINS 5TH: POQUETTE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Chiles flied
out to center; Wynegar flied out to center; Smalley singled to
center; Wilfong flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
0, Royals 5.

ROYALS 5TH: Cowens walked; Mayberry popped to first; Otis flied
out to right; Patek doubled to left [Cowens scored]; HOLLY
REPLACED SCHUELER (PITCHING); Porter grounded out (first to
pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 6.

TWINS 6TH: Hisle struck out; Carew grounded out (pitcher to
first); Bostock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 6.

ROYALS 6TH: White grounded out (pitcher to first); Poquette
walked; Brett grounded out (first unassisted) [Poquette to
second]; McRae doubled to left [Poquette scored]; Cowens popped
to first in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0,
Royals 7.

TWINS 7TH: Adams singled; Cubbage doubled to right [Adams to
third]; Chiles hit a sacrifice fly to right [Adams scored];
Wynegar walked; MINGORI REPLACED COLBORN (PITCHING); Wynegar was
picked off first (pitcher to first); Smalley grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 7.

ROYALS 7TH: Mayberry flied out to left; Otis flied out to right;
Patek struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 7.

TWINS 8TH: RANDALL BATTED FOR WILFONG; Randall grounded out
(second to first); Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first);
Carew tripled; Bostock walked; FORD BATTED FOR ADAMS; Ford was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 7.

ROYALS 8TH: RANDALL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); FORD STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING RF); Porter flied out to right; White grounded out
(third to first); Poquette doubled to right; Brett popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 7.

TWINS 9TH: KUSICK BATTED FOR CUBBAGE; Kusick struck out; TERRELL
BATTED FOR CHILES; Terrell grounded out (third to first);
Wynegar flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1,
Royals 7.